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2007-02-27 07:19:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
If Saddam was still in power then presumably that would mean the US and allies hadn't gone to war or had failed in their objective to topple him.
There would be a possibility of another Iran-Iraq war, Saddam being scared of Iran, and the situation being exploited by Western arms dealers, possibly provoking a nuclear arms race between the two.
At some point people might have tried to overthrow Saddam from within, or he could have died or become too frail to continue in office: cue civil war.
In other words it's a purely hypothetical question, and as far as I see the situation in the Gulf is so volatile (in no small part due to Western interference) that people (i.e. mostly those living in in the Gulf) would have suffered and died whatever happened.
2007-02-27 07:34:56 · answer #1 · answered by squeaky guinea pig 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We'd have a lot less dead Iraqis, a lot less dead US soldiers, a more stable Middle East, and a lot less terrorists. This war has been the biggest recruiting tool for terrorists in the last 20 years.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2007/03/aftermath.html?welcome=true
2007-02-27 07:27:42 · answer #2 · answered by capu 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Probable digging out from another building.
2007-02-27 12:13:36 · answer #3 · answered by Auburn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably in the same place when he was in power
2007-02-27 07:31:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly think we would be sitting here in front of our computers and nothing would be different for us. I mean I believe that the war on terror has nothing to do with the war in Iraq
2007-02-27 07:23:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Fighting terrorists somewhere other than Iraq, maybe ever here.
2007-02-27 07:48:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
3000 US soldiers and many thousands of Iraqi civilians would still be here, and maybe we could use those soldiers to go into Pakistan and get Osama.
2007-02-27 07:27:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
In Afghanistan, probably polishing up.
2007-02-27 07:25:08 · answer #8 · answered by Gary W 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would think that we would have even more dead troops, and that there would have been more acts of terror and violence aimed at Americans.
By "we" I think you mean "America," so that is how I answered the question. It is just my personal opinion.
2007-02-27 07:22:54 · answer #9 · answered by Leah 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
The same place we are now....Unless you are in the military.
2007-02-27 07:23:56 · answer #10 · answered by mymadsky 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋